Guest Columns

While the recent sexist remark by state Sen. Tom Corbin was stunning in its obtuseness, perhaps it shouldn’t have been so unexpected in such a male-dominated workplace. And maybe the only effective antidote is to elect more women to the Legislature.

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Maybe the idea that South Carolina appears to care more about the welfare of dogs than victims of domestic violence will help carry the day for efforts to revise penalties for criminal domestic violence offenses.

Amazon’s exemption from collecting sales taxes on purchases made in South Carolina will end on Jan. 1, 2016, if state lawmakers do nothing to extend it. We think the tax break should be allowed to expire on schedule.

The ruling by S.C. Administrative Law Court Judge Phillip Lenski that Piedmont Medical Center may go ahead and start building a hospital in Fort Mill is a landmark in this 10-year-old dispute. But don’t look for construction to begin any time soon.

Frustration among many nationwide over the decision of a grand jury not to indict Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by Wilson in a daytime encounter Aug.9, is understandable. But that doesn’t justify...

Sometime in late January, 16h Circuit Solicitor Kevin Brackett hopes to convene a special court hearing to reopen the case against the nine. The justification for doing so is “after-discovered evidence” that would affect the outcome of that case.